A share price of Cognex Corp [CGNX] is currently trading at $46.04, down -0.60%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CGNX shares have gain 12.90% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.32%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cognex Corp [NASDAQ: CGNX] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 08, 2025, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $55. Previously, JP Morgan started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on September 15, 2025, and set its price target to $45. On August 01, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $50 on the stock. Melius upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $60 on July 10, 2025. TD Cowen upgraded its rating to a Buy but $35 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 28, 2025. HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on February 21, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $33. In a note dated December 20, 2024, Cantor Fitzgerald initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $49 on this stock.
Cognex Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $22.67 and $47.52. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $50 within the next 12 months. Cognex Corp [NASDAQ: CGNX] shares were valued at $46.04 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.6% based on the average CGNX price forecast.
Analyzing the CGNX fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Cognex Corp [NASDAQ:CGNX] were 929.55M which represents 4.10% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.68% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.14%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.06.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 45.41 points at the first support level, and at 44.78 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 46.52, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 47.00.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Cognex Corp [NASDAQ:CGNX] is 3.21. As well, the Quick Ratio is 2.45, while the Cash Ratio is 0.94. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.32, the price to book ratio is 5.13 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 64.44.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved DiPalma Sheila Marie, EVP, Employee Services, that happened on Sep 05 ’25 when 2002.0 shares were sold. EVP, Employee Services, DiPalma Sheila Marie completed a deal on Sep 08 ’25 to sell 2000.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP and PAO MACDONALD LAURA ANN sold 2666.0 shares on Sep 05 ’25.
